The calendar of Siliar is divided into four seasons: summer, fall, winter, and spring. The passing of the seasons is marked by weeks made up of seven days each. Each year is 52 weeks -- each season is 13 weeks.
Four events in the year are significant to the calendar: Midwinter, which is the day when the period of darkness is greatest and the period of light shortest, marks the beginning of a year. Midspring, the day when light and dark periods are equal, Midsummer, when the period of light is longest, and Midfall, when the periods are again equal serve as references by which the passing of the thirteen-week-long seasons is marked.
Something that occurred on the first day of the twelfth week after Midsummer takes place after something that occurs on the fourth day of the fifth week after Midsummer.
To make conversation more efficient, the people of Siliar often refer to specific days with by saying the week followed by the day. In that form, “Midsummer five and four” comes before “Midsummer twelve and one.”
In Siliar, the concept of month is also used. It is used loosely, however and months are not named. A month is the period between full moons or any other moon phase. Thus, if it were a half moon on a given day, two months would be the time until the second half moon that follows.
A farmer might say, “Well, we will be harvesting in just over a month now….” The moon around Siliar cycles every 28 days.
